tippen
German, verb
tippen is spelled T-I-P-P-E-N (6 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tippen is a German verb meaning “to tap, to strike lightly (often repeatedly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tippen is a different word: “gerund of tippen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “es kurz mit dem Finger, einem Stock oder Ähnlichem berühren”.
What does tippen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tap, to strike lightly (often repeatedly)
- 2
to type (on a typewriter or keyboard)
verb
- 1
to make an informed guess
- 2
to make a prediction (of a sport result, etc.)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of tippen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. es kurz mit dem Finger, einem Stock oder Ähnlichem berühren 2. auf einer Tastatur schreiben 3. einen Tipp (Wette) abgeben 4. um einen Einsatz (Geld, Getränke und so weiter)
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tippen
- tippt present singular third-person
- tippte past
- getippt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tippend participle present
- tippe first-person indicative present
- tippst indicative present second-person
- tippest second-person singular subjunctive
- tippet plural second-person subjunctive
- tippten first-person indicative plural
- tipptest indicative preterite second-person
- tipptet indicative plural preterite
- tipp imperative second-person singular
- habe getippt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben getippt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- tipp! imperative singular
- tippe! imperative singular
- tippt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tippen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tippen in German?
tippen appears 5.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).